維護

See also: 维护

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	protect
trad. (維護)		維	護
simp. (维护)		维	护

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéihù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ wu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-hō͘ / î-hō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁶ hu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéihù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéihù
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-hu⁴
  - Yale: wéi-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihuh
  - Palladius: вэйху (vɛjxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ wu⁶
  - Yale: wàih wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ wuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: uî-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'ho
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: î-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'ho
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rui⁶ hu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭi hŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³⁵/

Verb

維護

to safeguard; to protect; to maintain; to assert; to uphold; to stick up for; to defend; to save (honour, reputation, etc.); to keep (the peace)
維護秩序／维护秩序 ― wéihù zhìxù ― to uphold order

維護和平／维护和平 ― wéihù hépíng ― to uphold peace

維護安定／维护安定 ― wéihù āndìng ― to maintain stability

定期維護／定期维护 ― dìngqī wéihù ― regular maintenance

維護自己的權益／维护自己的权益 ― wéihù zìjǐ de quányì ― to uphold one's rights and interests

維護治安／维护治安 ― wéihù zhì'ān ― to keep the peace

Synonyms

保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
保庇 (Hokkien)
保護／保护 (bǎohù)
保障 (bǎozhàng)
堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)
掩護／掩护 (yǎnhù)
維持／维持 (wéichí)
蔽護／蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
護／护 (hù) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

兩個維護／两个维护 (Liǎng Ge Wéihù)

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